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Joachim Uwadishu Isiuwe

Newmarket,ON

Summary

Dynamic project management leader with a proven track record at Central Bank of Nigeria, driving healthcare system improvements and procurement modernization. Expert in Agile project delivery and stakeholder engagement, achieving a 25% reduction in cycle time. Adept at risk management and fostering collaboration, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and regulatory compliance.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Head, Project Management Office (PMO)

KufjoMichaels Ltd.
Newmarket, Canada
01.2024 - Current
  • Spearhead the strategic governance and operational leadership of the PMO, applying PMBOK-aligned project management practices as a PMP-certified professional.
  • Lead full project lifecycle delivery for commercial healthcare procurement and cross-border health programs across Canada and Sub-Saharan Africa, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and regulatory frameworks.
  • Develop and implement comprehensive risk management frameworks, mitigating delivery and sourcing risks in alignment with enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) and organizational process assets (OPAs).
  • Oversee vendor management, contract governance, and procurement strategy execution, ensuring compliance with Canadian public procurement policies, donor guidelines, and ISO standards.
  • Champion digital transformation initiatives within procurement workflows, leveraging data-driven KPIs, dashboard reporting, and continuous process improvement tools.
  • Direct project performance monitoring across the healthcare supply chain pipeline, ensuring on-time, within-budget, and scope-compliant project execution.
  • Provide executive-level project reporting, synthesizing insights on cost optimization, risk mitigation, and contract performance for senior leadership decision-making.
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Finance, Operations, and external stakeholders to ensure coordinated project execution and risk-aware decision-making.
  • Lead PMO capacity-building programs, training project staff on project governance, procurement methodologies, sustainability reporting, and stakeholder engagement best practices.
  • Author and institutionalize PMO frameworks, project implementation templates, and supplier engagement roadmaps, embedding PMI best practices and organizational project maturity standards.

Senior Project Manager / Healthcare Operations Lead

Central Bank of Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria
01.2000 - 01.2024
  • Led cross-functional projects focused on healthcare system improvements, procurement modernization, and organizational change management using hybrid Agile approaches.
  • Facilitated Agile retrospectives, sprint planning, and backlog prioritization for multi-department healthcare policy projects.
  • Directed procurement process reforms impacting over 50+ vendor contracts, improving regulatory compliance and cycle time by 25%.
  • Managed benefits realization tracking, ensuring project outcomes aligned with Nigeria's national health policy objectives.
  • Implemented stakeholder engagement frameworks, improving cross-functional team collaboration and decision turnaround times.

Education

MSc - Economics

Nile University of Nigeria

Master of Financial Economics - Financial Economics

University of Abuja

MBA -

Obafemi Awolowo University

Postgraduate Diploma - Economics

Nile University

Bachelor of Pharmacy - B.Pharm

University of Nigeria

PhD Candidate - Economics

Skills

  • Agile Project Delivery
  • Healthcare Operations & Policy Projects
  • Stakeholder & Vendor Management
  • Benefits Realization and Business Value Delivery
  • Change Management
  • Agile Transformation
  • Risk Management
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Procurement
  • Contract Governance
  • Team Facilitation
  • Servant Leadership
  • Resource Planning
  • Agile Release Management
  • Budget Oversight
  • Schedule Compression
  • Data Analysis for Decision Support
  • Economics
  • Financial Modeling
  • Strategic Project Leadership
  • Public Sector Procurement
  • Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
  • Enterprise PMO
  • Governance
  • Contract Management
  • Vendor Performance Oversight
  • Healthcare Operations Optimization
  • ERP System Integration
  • Digital Supply Chain Transformation
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Policy Development
  • Team Training
  • Capacity Building
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Problem-solving
  • Teamwork
  • Adaptability
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Time Management
  • Decision-making
  • Negotiation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Empathy
  • Stress Management
  • Customer Service Orientation
  • Innovation
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • MS Project
  • MS Excel
  • Power BI
  • SharePoint
  • Oracle ERP
  • MS Teams
  • ServiceNow
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Hybrid Agile

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI
  • Doctoral Candidate in Economics, Final Dissertation Stage
  • MSc Economics
  • MBA
  • MFE
  • PGD Economics
  • BPharm (Nigeria)

Professional Development

  • PMI-ACP Certification, Currently Preparing, 2025
  • Agile Scrum Foundation Workshops
  • Benefits Realization and Value Management Training

Timeline

Head, Project Management Office (PMO)

KufjoMichaels Ltd.
01.2024 - Current

Senior Project Manager / Healthcare Operations Lead

Central Bank of Nigeria
01.2000 - 01.2024

MSc - Economics

Nile University of Nigeria

Master of Financial Economics - Financial Economics

University of Abuja

MBA -

Obafemi Awolowo University

Postgraduate Diploma - Economics

Nile University

Bachelor of Pharmacy - B.Pharm

University of Nigeria

PhD Candidate - Economics

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